KSAB

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KSAB
Broadcast area Corpus Christi metropolitan area
Frequency 99.9 MHz
BrandingTejano 99.9
Programming
Format Tejano music
Ownership
Owner
KKTX, KMXR, KNCN, KRYS-FM, KUNO
History
First air date
October 13, 1966 (1966-10-13)
Former call signs
KROB-FM (1978–1991)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 33776
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 284 meters (932 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 27°45′7.00″N97°38′17.00″W / 27.7519444°N 97.6380556°W / 27.7519444; -97.6380556
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website ksabfm.com

KSAB (99.9 FM, Tejano 99.9) is a commercial radio station licensed to Robstown, Texas, United States, and serves the Corpus Christi metropolitan area. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., it broadcasts a Tejano music format. [2] [3] The studios are on Old Brownsville Road near Corpus Christi International Airport.

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The transmitter tower is off County Road 67 in Robstown.

History

The station signed on the air on October 13, 1966. [4] Its original call sign was KROB-FM, the sister station to KROB 1510 AM. The two stations had simulcast a country music format. They were owned by Coastal Bend Broadcasting.

On July 11, 1991, the station changed its call letters to the current KSAB. It switched to a Tejano music format, separate from its AM sister station.

San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications acquired the station in 2000. [5] In 2014, Clear Channel changed its name to the current iHeartMedia. KSAB Tejano 99.9 broadcasts online via the iHeartRadio app. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KSAB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KSAB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  4. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1981 page C-235. Retrieved Jan. 27, 2025.
  5. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 page D-539. Retrieved Jan. 27, 2025.
  6. ↑ "ksab Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 23, 2009.


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